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Curated collection of human fingerprint datasets suitable for research and evaluation of fingerprint recognition algorithms.

Fingerprint dataset collection

Curated collection of human fingerprint datasets suitable for research and evaluation of fingerprint recognition algorithms.

  • Dataset classification
  • Public rectangular datasets
    • FVC2000 DB1 B
    • FVC2000 DB2 B
    • FVC2000 DB3 B
    • FVC2000 DB4 B
    • FVC2002 DB1 B
    • FVC2002 DB2 B
    • FVC2002 DB3 B
    • FVC2002 DB4 B
    • FVC2004 DB1 B
    • FVC2004 DB2 B
    • FVC2004 DB3 B
    • FVC2004 DB4 B
    • Neurotechnology CrossMatch
    • Neurotechnology UareU
    • FVS dataset
    • Tsinghua Palmprint Database
    • COEP Palm Print Database
    • Birjand University Mobile Palmprint Database
  • Licensed rectangular datasets
    • CASIA-FingerprintV5
    • NIST Special Database 302
    • NIST Special Database 301 A
    • FVC2006 DB1
    • FVC2006 DB2
    • FVC2006 DB3
    • FVC2006 DB4
    • CASIA-PalmprintV1
    • CASIA-MS-PalmprintV1
    • FVC2000 DB1 A
    • FVC2000 DB2 A
    • FVC2000 DB3 A
    • FVC2000 DB4 A
    • FVC2002 DB1 A
    • FVC2002 DB2 A
    • FVC2002 DB3 A
    • FVC2002 DB4 A
    • FVC2004 DB1 A
    • FVC2004 DB2 A
    • FVC2004 DB3 A
    • FVC2004 DB4 A
  • Public pairsets
    • MINEX validation dataset
  • Licensed pairsets
    • NIST Special Database 300
  • Licensed latent datasets
    • NIST Special Database 302 E
    • NIST Special Database 301 B
  • Public unpaired datasets
    • SOCOFing
  • Secret datasets
  • Generators
  • Other lists

Dataset classification

By access:

  • public - Available for download by anyone without any explicit restrictions on use or redistribution. Where implicit copyright applies, publisher appears to be uninterested in enforcing it.
  • licensed - Available only after accepting license that contains confidentiality terms. This includes all datasets that cost money. License may include other restrictions in addition to confidentiality.
  • secret - Secret dataset itself cannot be obtained, but algorithms can be submitted for evaluation on the dataset. All competition datasets are secret to prevent cheating.

By impression count:

  • rectangular dataset - There are more than two impressions per finger. Rectangular datasets have certain advantages in research due to the large number of matching pairs.
  • pairset - There are two impressions per finger. All natural datasets and thus all large datasets are pairsets.
  • latent dataset - Latent datasets contain latent fingerprints taken from objects. They typically do not identify finger, only subject. They are usually intended to be matched against plain/rolled fingerprints from another dataset.
  • unpaired - Unpaired datasets contain only one impression of every finger. They have somewhat limited applications.

Public rectangular datasets

FVC2000 DB1 B

Small sample of FVC2000 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 300x300px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, Secure Desktop Scanner by KeyTronic

FVC2000 DB2 B

Small sample of FVC2000 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 256x364px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: capacitive, 500dpi, TouchChip by ST Microelectronics

FVC2000 DB3 B

Small sample of FVC2000 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 448x478px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white, 5-73 years
  • Enrollment: partial QA
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, DF-90 by Identicator Technology

FVC2000 DB4 B

Small sample of FVC2000 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: synthetic plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 240x320px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Generator: unknown

FVC2002 DB1 B

Small sample of FVC2002 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 388x374px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, TouchView II by Identix

FVC2002 DB2 B

Small sample of FVC2002 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 569dpi, 296x560px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 569dpi, FX2000 by Biometrika

FVC2002 DB3 B

Small sample of FVC2002 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 300x300px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: capacitive, 500dpi, 100 SC by Precise Biometrics

FVC2002 DB4 B

Small sample of FVC2002 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

FVC2004 DB1 B

Small sample of FVC2004 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 640x480px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, V300 by CrossMatch

FVC2004 DB2 B

Small sample of FVC2004 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 512dpi, 328x364px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 512dpi, U.are.U 4000 by Digital Persona

FVC2004 DB3 B

Small sample of FVC2004 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 10 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 512dpi, 300x480px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: thermal sweep, 512dpi, FingerChip FCD4B14CB by Atmel

FVC2004 DB4 B

Small sample of FVC2004 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

Neurotechnology CrossMatch

One of two sample datasets distributed by Neurotechnology.

  • Size: 51 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 504x480px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, Verifier 300 by Cross Match Technologies

Neurotechnology UareU

One of two sample datasets distributed by Neurotechnology.

  • Size: 65 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 512dpi, 326x357px
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Sensor: optical, 512dpi, U.are.U 4000 by DigitalPersona

FVS dataset

Small rectangular dataset shared by Shivang Patel as part of his Fingerprint Verification System project.

  • Size: 21 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: BMP, 256x256px, unknown DPI
  • License: unspecified, free download
  • Download: download page, direct download

Tsinghua Palmprint Database

Tsinghua Palmprint Database (THUPALMLAB) contains palm prints without fingers.

  • Size: 80 subjects x 2 palms x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: palm
  • Format: BMP, 500dpi, 2040x2040px
  • License: for noncommercial research
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: paper
  • Sensor: Hisign

COEP Palm Print Database

Contactless right hand photos. Friction ridges are rarely visible.

  • Size: 168 subjects x 1 hand x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: contactless right hand, usually without friction ridges
  • Format: color JPEG, 1600x1200px, narrow DPI range
  • License: free download
  • Download: download page, direct download
  • Documentation: homepage
  • Population: citizens of India
  • Enrollment: pegs fix hand position
  • Sensor: digital camera

Birjand University Mobile Palmprint Database

Contactless hand and palm photos from University of Birjand. Friction ridges are rarely visible.

  • Size: 41 subjects x 2 hands x 20 impressions
  • Impression type: contactless hand and palm, usually without friction ridges
  • Format: color JPEG, up to 2448x3264px, narrow DPI range
  • License: unknown
  • Download: Kaggle
  • Documentation: Kaggle page
  • Population: Iranian women
  • Enrollment: encoraged variation
  • Sensor: digital camera

Licensed rectangular datasets

CASIA-FingerprintV5

Large dataset collected by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  • Size: 500 subjects x 8 fingers x 5 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: BMP, 512dpi, 328x356px
  • License: bundled in dataset description, prohibits publishing and redistribution
  • Download: download page (requires signup)
  • Documentation: attached on download page
  • Population: Chinese graduate students, workers, waiters, ...
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: "URU4000" (probably U.are.U 4000 by Digital Persona, optical, 512dpi)

NIST Special Database 302

Live fingerprint dataset collected by NIST using a wide variety of sensors. It also includes latent fingerprints that have their own entry in this list.

  • Size: 200 subjects x 10 fingers x 12-18 impressions
  • Impression type: plain, rolled, 4-finger, 2-thumb, palm
  • Format: PNG, 500-1000dpi
  • License: simple confidentiality rules
  • Download: via request page
  • Documentation: overview page, user guide
  • Population: volunteers from US
  • Enrollment: moderated
  • Sensor: 15 sensor types (7 optical, 3 solid-state, 5 touch-free)

NIST Special Database 301 A

Live fingerprint dataset collected by NIST using a wide variety of sensors.

  • Size: 51 subjects x 10 fingers x 14-15 impressions
  • Impression type: plain, rolled, 4-finger, 2-thumb, palm
  • Format: PNG, 500-1000dpi
  • License: simple confidentiality rules
  • Download: via request page
  • Documentation: overview page, user guide
  • Population: volunteers from US
  • Enrollment: moderated
  • Sensor: 10 sensor types (5 optical, 2 solid-state, 3 touch-free)

FVC2006 DB1

One of the four datasets used in FVC2006 competition. It is split into A (140 fingers) and B (10 fingers) subsets.

  • Size: 150 fingers x 12 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: BMP, 250dpi, 96x96px
  • License: signed 2-year license agreement
  • Download: see instructions
  • Documentation: FVC2006 datasets
  • Population: white volunteers
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: electric field sensor, 250dpi

FVC2006 DB2

One of the four datasets used in FVC2006 competition. It is split into A (140 fingers) and B (10 fingers) subsets.

  • Size: 150 fingers x 12 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: BMP, 569dpi, 400x560px
  • License: signed 2-year license agreement
  • Download: see instructions
  • Documentation: FVC2006 datasets
  • Population: white volunteers
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: electric field sensor, 250dpi

FVC2006 DB3

One of the four datasets used in FVC2006 competition. It is split into A (140 fingers) and B (10 fingers) subsets.

  • Size: 150 fingers x 12 impressions
  • Impression type: sweep
  • Format: BMP, 500dpi, 400x500px
  • License: signed 2-year license agreement
  • Download: see instructions
  • Documentation: FVC2006 datasets
  • Population: white volunteers
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: electric field sensor, 250dpi

FVC2006 DB4

One of the four datasets used in FVC2006 competition. It is split into A (140 fingers) and B (10 fingers) subsets.

CASIA-PalmprintV1

Palmprint dataset collected by Chinese Academy of Sciences. No friction ridges.

  • Size: 312 subjects x 2 hands x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: contactless palm without friction ridges
  • Format: grayscale JPEG, 640x480px, variable DPI
  • License: bundled in dataset description, prohibits publishing and redistribution
  • Download: download page (requires signup)
  • Documentation: attached on download page
  • Population: Chinese citizens
  • Sensor: custom

CASIA-MS-PalmprintV1

Multispectral hand dataset collected by Chinese Academy of Sciences. No friction ridges.

  • Size: 100 subjects x 2 hands x 6 impressions x 6 wavelengths
  • Impression type: contactless hand without friction ridges
  • Format: grayscale JPEG, 768x576px, variable DPI
  • License: bundled in dataset description, prohibits publishing and redistribution
  • Download: download page (requires signup)
  • Documentation: attached on download page
  • Population: Chinese citizens
  • Enrollment: pegs control hand position
  • Sensor: custom

FVC2000 DB1 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2000 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 300x300px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, Secure Desktop Scanner by KeyTronic

FVC2000 DB2 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2000 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 256x364px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: unmoderated
  • Sensor: capacitive, 500dpi, TouchChip by ST Microelectronics

FVC2000 DB3 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2000 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 448x478px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Population: white, 5-73 years
  • Enrollment: partial QA
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, DF-90 by Identicator Technology

FVC2000 DB4 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2000 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2000 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: synthetic plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 240x320px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2000 datasets
  • Generator: unknown

FVC2002 DB1 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2002 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 388x374px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, TouchView II by Identix

FVC2002 DB2 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2002 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 569dpi, 296x560px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 569dpi, FX2000 by Biometrika

FVC2002 DB3 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2002 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 300x300px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: capacitive, 500dpi, 100 SC by Precise Biometrics

FVC2002 DB4 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2002 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2002 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: synthetic plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 288x384px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2002 datasets
  • Generator: SFinGe v2.51

FVC2004 DB1 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2004 DB1, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 640x480px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 500dpi, V300 by CrossMatch

FVC2004 DB2 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2004 DB2, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 512dpi, 328x364px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: optical, 512dpi, U.are.U 4000 by Digital Persona

FVC2004 DB3 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2004 DB3, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: TIFF, 512dpi, 300x480px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Population: white students
  • Enrollment: artificial difficulty
  • Sensor: thermal sweep, 512dpi, FingerChip FCD4B14CB by Atmel

FVC2004 DB4 A

The larger, hidden part of FVC2004 DB4, one of the four datasets used in FVC2004 competition. This dataset is synthetic.

  • Size: 100 fingers x 8 impressions
  • Impression type: synthetic plain
  • Format: TIFF, 500dpi, 288x384px
  • Cost: ~140€ (includes all 12 FVC datasets and a book)
  • Documentation: FVC2004 datasets
  • Generator: SFinGe v3.0

Public pairsets

MINEX validation dataset

Small public dataset that can be used to prepare submissions to MINEX competition. Part of MINEX validation tool.

Licensed pairsets

NIST Special Database 300

Segmented scanned fingerprint cards from US law enforcement. This is technically a single impression dataset, but since every finger is present twice as rolled and flat impression, the dataset can be considered a pairset.

  • Size: 888 subjects x 10 fingers x 2 impressions
  • Impression type: plain, rolled, 4-finger
  • Format: PNG, 500/1000/2000dpi
  • License: simple confidentiality rules
  • Download: via request page
  • Documentation: overview page, user guide
  • Population: arrested US citizens
  • Enrollment: controlled but with some uncooperative subjects
  • Technology: scanned ink

Licensed latent datasets

NIST Special Database 302 E

Dataset of latent fingerprints of subjects from NIST Special Database 302. Latent fingerprints from this dataset are supposed to be matched with plain/rolled fingerprints from NIST Special Database 302.

  • Size: 200 subjects x 50 impressions
  • Impression type: latent, finger and palm
  • Format: PNG, 1000-1500dpi
  • License: simple confidentiality rules
  • Download: via request page
  • Documentation: overview page, user guide
  • Population: volunteers from US, subjects identical to NIST Special Database 302
  • Activity: variety of activities that result in latent fingerprints
  • Technology: variety of latent fingerprint collection methods

NIST Special Database 301 B

Dataset of latent fingerprints of subjects from NIST Special Database 301 A. Latent fingerprints from this dataset are supposed to be matched with plain/rolled fingerprints from NIST Special Database 301 A.

  • Size: 24 subjects x 50 impressions
  • Impression type: latent, finger and palm
  • Format: PNG, 1000-1500dpi
  • License: simple confidentiality rules
  • Download: via request page
  • Documentation: overview page, user guide
  • Population: volunteers from US, subset of subjects from NIST Special Database 301 A
  • Activity: variety of activities that result in latent fingerprints
  • Technology: variety of latent fingerprint collection methods

Public unpaired datasets

SOCOFing

Sokoto Coventry Fingerprint Dataset (SOCOFing) is a single impression dataset. Images are tagged with gender and finger position. Real images are complemented with synthetically damaged versions.

  • Size: 600 subjects x 10 fingers x 1 impression
  • Impression type: plain
  • Format: BMP, 500dpi, 96x103px
  • License: for noncommercial research, see paper
  • Download: Kaggle
  • Documentation: Arxiv paper
  • Population: African
  • Sensor: Hamster Plus (HSDU03P), SecuGen SDU03P

Secret datasets

Datasets of some of these competitions might overlap. There's no way to know for sure, so all competitions are listed.

Generators

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